loader.efi.8/efibootmgr.8: Don't use contradicting term 'EFI BIOS'
Both (U)EFI and BIOS are completely different things, be precise and don't use them together. Reviewed by: imp MFC after: 3 days Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D56329
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@@ -1007,10 +1007,10 @@ parse_uefi_con_out(void)
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* If we don't have any Con* variable use both. If we have GOP
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* make video primary, otherwise set serial primary. In either
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* case, try to use both the 'efi' console which will use the
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* GOP, if present and serial. If there's an EFI BIOS that omits
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* this, but has a serial port redirect, we'll unavioidably get
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* doubled characters, but we'll be right in all the other more
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* common cases.
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* GOP, if present and serial. If there's a UEFI firmware that
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* omit this, but has a serial port redirect, we'll unavoidably
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* get doubled characters, but we'll be right in all the other
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* more common cases.
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*/
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if (efi_has_gop())
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how |= RB_MULTIPLE;
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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Dd September 3, 2024
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.Dd April 11, 2026
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.Dt LOADER.EFI 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ process.
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.Xr boot1.efi 8
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is deprecated for new installations.
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.Ss Console Considerations
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The EFI BIOS provides a generic console.
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The UEFI firmware provides a generic console.
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In
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.Nm
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this is selected by specifying
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@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ primary if a UEFI graphics device is detected, or the serial console
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as primary if not.
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.Pp
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On x86 platforms, if you wish to redirect the loader's output to a serial port
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when the EFI BIOS doesn't support it, or to a serial port that isn't the one the
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EFI BIOS redirects its output to, set
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when the UEFI firmware doesn't support it, or to a serial port that isn't the
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one the UEFI firmware redirects its output to, set
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.Dv console
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to
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.Dq comconsole .
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@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ If this causes a doubling of characters, set
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.Dv console
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to
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.Dq efi ,
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since your EFI BIOS is redirecting to the serial port already.
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since your UEFI firmware is redirecting to the serial port already.
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.Pp
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If your EFI BIOS redirects the serial port, you may need to tell the kernel
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If your UEFI firmware redirects the serial port, you may need to tell the kernel
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which address to use.
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EFI uses ACPI's UID to identify the serial port, but
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.Nm
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Dd September 22, 2024
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.Dd April 11, 2026
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.Dt EFIBOOTMGR 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ boot method to be tried once upon the next boot.
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The UEFI standard defines how hosts may control what is used to
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bootstrap the system.
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Each method is encapsulated within a persistent UEFI variable,
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stored by the UEFI BIOS of the form
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stored by the UEFI firmware of the form
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.Cm Boot Ns Em XXXX
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(where XXXX are uppercase hexadecimal digits).
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These variables are numbered, each describing where to load the bootstrap
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